Scraper.



W.. I. SPEARS.

SCRAPER. APPLICATION FILED JUL-Y 3,1915.

' Patented Sept. 1916.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIA I. SPEARS, or sruzacnn, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF To 0. 1a.GOQLSLBEE or srunenn, TEXAS. i

. SCRAPER.

Application filed July 3, 1915. Serial N 0. 37,848..

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VILL'IAM I. SPEARS,

. a citizen of the United States, residing at declare the following tobe a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in scrapers and isparticularly directed to the provision of a scraper particularly adaptedto be readily dragged when it is in a full or in an empty position andwhichis so designed that it may very readily be manipulated to positionit in a scraping position. g It is more specifically an object of theinvention to provide a connecting means for the detachable bail portionof the device whereby the bail will not accidentally become displacedupon the scraper being subjected to a lateral pull, and whereby thescraper may be turned over and pulled when empty. It is further anobject to provide sucha connecting means which is relatively simple instructure and which holds the bail insuch manner that it may readily bereleased,

. when desired.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the inventionresides more particularly in the novel combination, formationandarrangement of parts as more fully described hereinafter and pointedout in the appended claims.

Reference ishad to the accompanying drawings, wherein similar charactersof reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved scraper, with its scrapingposition shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, Fig.3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. et is aperspective view of the bail attaching member and the adjacent portionof the scraper.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, there isshown a scraper body comprising the side walls 5, the back wall 6, andthe bottom 7 this structure being preferably braced by a U-shaped strap8 secured around the forward edge portions of the sides and bottom andarranged within the scraper so as not to Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

abut against roots and the like encountered in dragging the scraper.

The bottom is inclined inwardly at its fors ward portion at 9 to providea surface on which this scraper slides to scrape the earth, this surfacebeing less than the rear surface so that when the scraper is full, itwill be held by gravity to slide on its rear surface to position thescraping edge of the scra er raised from the ground to prevent possi 1eengagement w1th any obstruction to spill the load, while the scraper isbeing dragged. Handles 10 extend rearwardly from the sides and aresecured thereto by socket straps 11 and held against Withdrawal by bolts12 passed therethrough and through the scraper-sides. The scraper isactuated to scraping position by raising up on these handles.

For dragging the scraper, a bail 13 is provided and is detachablysecured to the sides of the scraper by connecting members eachcomprising a plate 14: secured to the respective scraper side, eachplate being bent inwardly from its lateral edges to provide spacedlongitudinal sides and each of said sides having itsextreme edgeinturned to provideflanges 15. The ends of each ofsaid plates are bentinwardly as at 16 to I provide heads closing-the ends of the channelformed between said sides. The inwardly bent portions or flanges 15 arecut away at their central portions as at 17 to receive ball heads 18formed on the ends of the bail member. One of the connecting membersthus formed is secured to the outer face of each of the opposite sides5, preferably intermediate the lateral edges thereof, and with theiredges parallel with the inclined surface 9 of the scoop. When thescraper is drawn these heads engage in the forward ends of these socketsand are freely rotatable within their respective channels, but at thesame time are held against accidental displacement. When the scraper isreturning from the dump, it is turned upside down and the ball headsbear in the opposite end of the plate members. A comparatively simplestructure has thus been provided which will eiiiciently perform thefunctions set forth.

That is claimed is:

'1. In a scraper, the combination with a body portion, of a bail memberhaving ball heads formed at its ends, an attaching means for said headsto the body comprising a pair of plates each having its side edgesdirected laterally and inwardly to form a channel and centrally cut awayfor insertion of the heads, and further'having its end edges directedlaterally to form stops.

2. In a scraper, the combination with a body having the usual bottom,sides and back, being open at its forward end, and having its bottominclined upwardly adjacent its forward edge, of an attaching means oneach of said sides each comprising a plate bent adjacent its lateraledges to provide spaced parallel sides, flanges projecting inwardly fromthe freeedges of said sides, the said flanges extending from end to endof said sides and .cut away intermediate their ends, heads at the endsof said plates, the said attaching means being secured intermediate theupper and lower edges of said scoop sides with their lateral edgesparallel with the inclined forward portion of said scoop, and a bailmember having its ends arranged for sliding movement between the sidesof said plates.

In testimony whereof, I aifix my signa ture, in the presence of twowitnesses \VILLIAM I. SPEARS.

\Vitnesses:

J. R. JORDAN, T. R. JORDAN.

